Fastening for shoes



(No Model.) 1. FOX'& G. E. HOLLE.

FASTENING FOR SHOES, GLOVES, &c.

Patented Nov. 16, 1886.

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UNITED STATES IVAN FOX AND GUSTAV E. HOLLE, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

PATE T OFFIcs.

FASTENING FOR S HQ ES, GLGVES, 86C.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 352,532, dated November 16, 1886.

Application filed March .10, 1886. Serial No. 195,885. (No model.)

.To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, IVAN FOX, a citizen of the United States, residing in the city and county of Philadelphia, and State of Pennsyl- 1 vania, and GUSTAV E. HoLLE, a subject of the Oorsets, and kindred Articles, of which the ing the act of engagement.

following is a specification.

The object of our invention is the construction of a simple, durable, secure, and easilyoperated metal fastening comp osed,essentiall y, of two members, which are adapted to be respectively applied to the meeting edges of two pieces of fabric, leather, or the like, which are to be temporarily united or secured together. In the drawings, which represent a device conveniently embodying our invention, Figures 1, 2, 3, and 4 are side elevational views representing the elemental members of our device in positions both of disengagement, approach to engagement, and engagement. Fig. 5 is a view in perspective of the hookstaple, Fig. 6 is a view in perspective of the leverprovided hasp. Fig. 7 is a view in perspective of the entire contrivance, representing the parts in the positions which they occupy when engagement has been effected. Fig. 8 is a frag mentary perspective and sectional detail representing certain of the parts in the positions which they occupy the moment before the tongue enters its slot. Fig. 9 ,is a perspective view of the entire device, representing the parts in the position which they occupy dur- Fig. 10 is a side, partly sectional and'partly elevational, view representing the parts in the position which they occupy just before the tongue springs into its slot. Fig. 11 is a view in perspectiye of a clip or fastening by which conveniently to secure the fixed staple to the fabric to which it is applied. Fig. 12 is aview in perspective of the said clip or fastening as it appears when applied to the said staple. Fig. 13 is a side elevation of a form of the hook-staple which I find it convenient to resort to when it is desired to raise the hook-provided end of the staple from the surface of the fabric to which it is applied. Fig. 14 is a view in perspective of a clip, which I find it convenient to employ in securing by a hinge-like attachment the hasp to the fabric to which it is applied. Fig. 15 is a view in perspective of the said clip, so, as above, employed; and Fig. 16 a view in perspective of the sheet-metal blank from which the said clip is formed. I

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

In the drawings,A is a lever-provided hasp having an eye or throat, a, into which projects the advance extremity of a spring-tongue, a The rear extremity of the hasp is conveniently perforated, as at a, to adapted it to receive a fastening-pin, eyelet, staple, wire, thread, or other device employed to secure it firmly to one side or mceeting edge, D, of an article, two sides or meeting edges of which are adapted 'to'be united by our fastening as an entirety. If desired, however, the hasp may be secured by a hinge-like attachment to the fabric by the aid of a sheet-metal clip or fastening, E, made, for instance, from such a blank as is represented in Fig. 16, and which is adapted to be passed through the perforation a of the hasp, and as to both its ends passed through the fabric to which it is to be applied, the said ends being subsequently bent up beneath the fabric, all in the manner represented in said Fig. 14. The front extremity of the hasp is provided with a pivotally-applied hook-nosed lever, B. The application of thelever is conveniently effectnated by the provision of pivotpins a, or similar contrivances upon the hasp, with which perforated ears 1), upon the lever, engage, after the manner shown in the drawings. The handle portion of the lever is designated I)", while the hook or nose portion of the lever is designated b. The hasp and lever together form one of the two elemental memberscomposing the fastening. The other elezniental member is what we term a hook-staple, (3, preferably of the form shown in Fig. 5, which is, as to its hooked portion, provided with a tongueslot, c, and, as to its sides, pref: erably provided with guards or keepers 0 and which is adapted to be firmly secured conveniently by the aid of a perforation or perforations, 0, to the opposite side, edge, or portion, D of the fabric or article which it is'designed to couple to the portion first consid ered.

in Figs. 11 and 12, is convenient as a means of securing the staple. In some of its possible applications it is desirable that the hooked end of the hook staple should be raised a certain distance above the surface of the fab; ric to which it is applied, and this application is conveniently effectuated by prolonging the rear end of the said staple and flexing it backward upon itself to form the under arm, c",

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which is adapted to be secured to the fabric,

'and shown in Fig. 13. This construction also renders-the hook-staple in efiect a'-spring'-' hook, the advantage of which in certain applications, especially upon curved surfaces, is

The breadth of the hooked portion of the hook-staple (l is slightly less than the width of the eye or throat a of the hasp A, and the tongue-slot c in the said hook-staple is of suitable dimensions to receive the advanceextremity of the spring-tongue a The means by which the hasp and the hooked staple are to'be respectively applied to the meeting edges of the article to be united may be varied at will, and eyelets or clips, staples, or pins adapted to be clinched, or wire, thread, or other medium may, as stated, be employed to effectuate the application.

Such being a description of a form of de vice embodying our invention, its operation is as follows: The hooked nose I; of the lever,

which is pivoted to the hasp,projects normally in a direction opposite to that in which the hook of the staple projects, as is evident by a reference to Fig. 1, and the said hooked nose of the lever is therefore adapted to be engaged with the hook of the staple. So soonas this initial engagement is effected ,the handle of the lever is deflected in the direction indicated by the arrow in Figs. 2 and 3, with the result that;

the hook of the lever is caused to turn within the hook of the staple, so as to reverse its own normal position, and when the deflection is complete assume the position represented in .Fig. 4. In this operation, the lever, acting against the inner upper surfaces of the hook of thestaple, exerts itself to approximate the staple and the hasp by drawing down the hasp and forcing up the staple until the hook of the staple. is thrust through the eye or throat of the hasp, the tongue of the hasp being sprung over the cylindriform exterior surface of the hookdf" the staple and into the tongue-slot.

Vhenthe foregoing relationship of parts is established, the lever will have been completely reversed and occupy a position corresponding to the position of the hooked staple, and within it, as shown in Figs. 4 and 7. After the lever has'been completely deflected. in the manner set forth, and the parts caused to assume the position represented in said Figs. and 7, the engagement of the spring-tongue within the tongue-slot will preventany accidental dlSQIls-r} gagement of the parts engaged or any accidental unshipping of the lever, because the tongue will maintain the hasp down upon the 'g aged' with its slot.

The form.of the hasp, staple,

be varied; but the throat of the hasp must be hooked staple and in temporary connection therewith.

To unfasten the catch, the handle of the lever is to be lifted and given a reverse deflection to that hitherto described, the result of which will be to occasion such a. deflection of the tongue in the opposite direction to that in which it was deflected in effectuating engagement as will cause it to slip from out the slot in the manner represented in Fig. 9, and as will effect disengagement 'of the parts.

As is obvious, it is preferable that the exterior curvature of the nose of the lever should closely correspond to the interior curvature of the hook of the staple, so that the two will nest closely together when the tongue is enthe staple serve to prevent lateral disengagement of the hooked nose of the lever from the hooked staple during the act of deflecting the lever in effecting engagement.

The various parts of the device are preferably made out of sheet metal, andthe hasp, lever, and staple can each'be stamped out as a single piece, the ears and hook or nose portion of the lever and the guardsor keepers of the staple being all readily bent up from the blank. and lever may of "sufi'icient size to receive the hook of the staple and permit the presentation of the tongue-slot of the staple in line for engagement with the spring-tongue. The lever must also be of sufficient dimensions and strength to effectuate the approach of the staple and its connected fabric toward the hasp and its connected fabric, and to secure the. thrust of the staple through the throat of the hasp to an extent sufficient to seat the tongue in the tongueslot.

The form of the throat in the hasp is obviously not essential. of size sufficient to permit of the introduction within it of the hook of the staple.

Instead of employing a slot in the hookstaple, a notch, catch, recess, double ridge, or other contrivance may be employed to form a. seat for the tongue.

Although it is decidedly preferable that the spring-tongue should run longitudinally of the hasp, it is obvious that it may run at a right -set forth.

2. The combination, to form a fastening of the class herein recited, of ahasp having a throat or eye and a spring-tongue, a hook-pro- The guardsor keepers in It should, however, be,

vided lever pivotally connected with the hasp, the hook of which lever is adapted upon the rotation of the lever to enter the eye of the .hasp, and a hook-provided staple having a slot, notch, or seat, which is adapted to'be engaged by the hook-provided portion of the lever, and to be deflected by said lever into the throat or eye of the hasp so as to occasion the engagement of the spring-tongue Within its slot, notch, or seat, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

3. The combination of the hasp having a throat or opening and a spring-tongue, and also having a pivotally-connected hook-provided lever, ,with the hook-provided staple having a slot, notch, or seat, and guards or keepers, substantially as set forth.

4:. The combination of the hasp having a throat or eye and a spring, a hook-provided lever having a hooked nose, and ears or bearings intermediate between its hooked nose and its handle, by which it is pivoted, and a hookprovided staple having a slot, notch,- or seat for the spring, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

5. In a fastening of the class herein recited, the combination of the hasp having the throat or eye and the spring, the hookednosed lever pivoted to the hasp at a point between its hook and its handle, and at a point in'advance of the throat of the hasp, and the hook-provided staple having a slot, notch, or

seat, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof we have hereunto signed our names this 3d day of March, A. D. 1886.

IVAN FOX. GUSTAV E; HOLLE.

In-presence of J. BONSALL TAYLOR, WM. 0. STRAWBRIDGE.

It is hereby certified that in Letters Patent No. 352,532, granted November 16, 1886, upon the application of Ivan Fox and Gustav E. Belle, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, for an improvement in Fastenings for Shoes, Gloves, &c., an error appears in the printed specification requiring the following correction: In line 37, page 1, the Word engagement should read disengagement and that the said Letters Patent should be read with this correction therein that the same may conform to the record of the case in the Patent Oflice.

Signed, countersigned, and sealed this 23d. day of November, A. D. 1886.

[SEA L.] D. L. HAWKINS, Act-mg Secretary of the Interior. Countersigned R. B. VANCE,

Acting Commissioner of Pat ents. 

